Hinrich Siuts

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Christian Hinrich Siuts (born July 21, 1932 in Stargard , Pomerania ) is a German folklorist .

Life

Siuts studied folklore, history and German at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and in Kiel. In 1956 he received his doctorate in ethnology at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel . After completing his studies, Siuts first worked at the German Folk Song Archive , where he primarily recorded and archived traditional songs .

In 1962 he got a position as a research assistant at the folklore seminar of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster , where he qualified as a professor in 1968 with a thesis on members of the calendar festivals . In 1971 he got a chair at the Institute for Folklore of the University of Münster.

Siuts has been retired since 1997.

Works (selection)

  • Ban and eight and their bases in belief in the dead. De Gruyter, Berlin 1959 (also dissertation at the University of Kiel [1956]).
  • The members of the calendar festivals. A contribution to the history, biology and function of the folk song. Schwartz, Göttingen 1968 (also habilitation thesis at the University of Münster ).
  • Rural and handicraft tools in Westphalia. The old tools used in agriculture and rural crafts 1890 - 1930. Aschendorff, Münster 1982.
  • Rural and handicraft tools in Westphalia. Aschendorff, Münster 1982, ISBN 3-402-04126-X .
  • Farmers and rural craftsmen in East Frisia. A representation based on the surveys by Bernhard Klocke 1979 - 1984. Museumsdorf Cloppenburg, Cloppenburg 2004.

literature

  • Ruth-Elisabeth Mohrmann: Folklore in the area of ​​tension between university and museum. Festschrift for Hinrich Siuts on his 65th birthday. Waxmann, Münster 1997, ISBN 3-89325-498-6 (= contributions to folk culture in north-west Germany , volume 95).

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personal data
SURNAME Siuts, Hinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Stargard in Pomerania